[8] In her review for The Guardian, Lauren Mechling stated, "the food never shows up in AKA Mr Chow, the director Nick Hooker's feature-length documentary about the restaurateur Michael Chow, but that's sort of the point.(...)

Skirting across decades and continents, with the help of evocative street footage and animations by Rohan Patrick McDonald, the movie is concerned with far more than Chow's talent for befriending celebrities and flair for decadence.

It touches on pain points of the disarmingly energetic (and disarmingly dark-haired) 84-year-old's life, including his depression, gambling addiction and the tragic story of his wife Tina, who died from complications of Aids in 1992, at age 41.

"[9] Decider found the film "fascinating",[10] and Fact magazine call it "captivating".

"[12] MovieWeb says that it is a "remarkable and well-executed documentary about a captivating figure whose attention to detail and unrelenting passion made him famous".